Robert
Rank in 2025
#14942
recorded as girls
No rank in 2024 to compare: —
#92
recorded as boys
Down 2 since 2024
Babies in 2025
3,777
girls 5 · boys 3,772
Peak year
1931
60,519 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
4,869,849
since 1880
Born a Robert? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Robert was most popular in 1931, when 60,519 babies recorded as boys got the name (58.2 per 1,000). In 2025, 3,772 babies were named Robert, ranking #92 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 18%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 14942 | 3,772 | 92 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 3,806 | 90 |
| 2023 | 6 | 13462 | 3,827 | 88 |
| 2022 | 6 | 13592 | 4,082 | 84 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 4,436 | 79 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 4,402 | 80 |
| 2019 | 6 | 13799 | 4,853 | 76 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 5,191 | 71 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 5,566 | 65 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 6,010 | 62 |
| 2015 | 8 | 11835 | 6,137 | 63 |
| 2014 | 8 | 11931 | 6,660 | 60 |
| 2013 | 8 | 11969 | 6,721 | 62 |
| 2012 | 7 | 13483 | 6,963 | 60 |
| 2011 | 9 | 11181 | 6,984 | 62 |
| 2010 | 12 | 9231 | 7,569 | 54 |
| 2009 | 11 | 9975 | 7,842 | 55 |
| 2008 | 7 | 13832 | 8,841 | 49 |
| 2007 | 9 | 11630 | 9,388 | 47 |
| 2006 | 11 | 9901 | 9,911 | 47 |
| 2005 | 17 | 6820 | 10,166 | 37 |
| 2004 | 35 | 3989 | 10,684 | 36 |
| 2003 | 16 | 6885 | 11,399 | 35 |
| 2002 | 14 | 7444 | 12,031 | 34 |
| 2001 | 21 | 5364 | 12,665 | 30 |
| 2000 | 23 | 4981 | 13,739 | 29 |
| 1999 | 24 | 4576 | 14,540 | 26 |
| 1998 | 28 | 4023 | 15,527 | 23 |
| 1997 | 36 | 3224 | 16,304 | 23 |
| 1996 | 37 | 3149 | 17,676 | 23 |
| 1995 | 44 | 2735 | 18,586 | 22 |
| 1994 | 52 | 2432 | 20,560 | 21 |
| 1993 | 70 | 1985 | 22,447 | 17 |
| 1992 | 60 | 2220 | 24,094 | 17 |
| 1991 | 77 | 1832 | 26,839 | 13 |
| 1990 | 109 | 1439 | 28,886 | 13 |
| 1989 | 126 | 1250 | 30,072 | 10 |
| 1988 | 182 | 930 | 30,319 | 10 |
| 1987 | 219 | 798 | 30,237 | 10 |
| 1986 | 241 | 738 | 31,350 | 9 |
| 1985 | 238 | 723 | 32,094 | 8 |
| 1984 | 230 | 718 | 31,768 | 9 |
| 1983 | 255 | 671 | 32,745 | 10 |
| 1982 | 233 | 731 | 34,409 | 9 |
| 1981 | 228 | 722 | 34,395 | 9 |
| 1980 | 254 | 682 | 34,266 | 9 |
| 1979 | 252 | 680 | 34,015 | 8 |
| 1978 | 254 | 642 | 33,374 | 8 |
| 1977 | 238 | 664 | 34,214 | 6 |
| 1976 | 236 | 654 | 33,789 | 7 |
| 1975 | 245 | 635 | 35,306 | 6 |
| 1974 | 241 | 635 | 37,005 | 7 |
| 1973 | 249 | 618 | 38,698 | 7 |
| 1972 | 288 | 573 | 43,013 | 6 |
| 1971 | 298 | 585 | 50,634 | 5 |
| 1970 | 327 | 560 | 57,177 | 5 |
| 1969 | 335 | 538 | 58,300 | 5 |
| 1968 | 265 | 589 | 58,174 | 5 |
| 1967 | 254 | 598 | 56,369 | 5 |
| 1966 | 251 | 595 | 59,317 | 5 |
| 1965 | 255 | 606 | 63,106 | 5 |
| 1964 | 279 | 594 | 69,980 | 5 |
| 1963 | 255 | 633 | 70,007 | 5 |
| 1962 | 229 | 680 | 70,199 | 5 |
| 1961 | 289 | 592 | 72,977 | 5 |
| 1960 | 268 | 610 | 72,357 | 5 |
| 1959 | 235 | 653 | 74,542 | 5 |
| 1958 | 237 | 639 | 77,338 | 4 |
| 1957 | 255 | 611 | 81,765 | 4 |
| 1956 | 214 | 655 | 83,924 | 3 |
| 1955 | 232 | 607 | 83,758 | 4 |
| 1954 | 192 | 671 | 86,331 | 2 |
| 1953 | 228 | 586 | 86,243 | 1 |
| 1952 | 193 | 639 | 86,588 | 2 |
| 1951 | 210 | 595 | 86,353 | 2 |
| 1950 | 203 | 594 | 83,553 | 2 |
| 1949 | 202 | 584 | 83,873 | 2 |
| 1948 | 209 | 581 | 85,478 | 2 |
| 1947 | 237 | 549 | 91,655 | 2 |
| 1946 | 214 | 540 | 84,136 | 2 |
| 1945 | 198 | 515 | 69,947 | 2 |
| 1944 | 194 | 518 | 70,855 | 2 |
| 1943 | 250 | 468 | 74,892 | 2 |
| 1942 | 208 | 514 | 71,845 | 2 |
| 1941 | 196 | 498 | 64,247 | 2 |
| 1940 | 206 | 465 | 61,198 | 2 |
| 1939 | 208 | 465 | 59,666 | 1 |
| 1938 | 219 | 454 | 62,271 | 1 |
| 1937 | 223 | 441 | 61,842 | 1 |
| 1936 | 221 | 433 | 58,500 | 1 |
| 1935 | 231 | 426 | 56,527 | 1 |
| 1934 | 266 | 398 | 55,843 | 1 |
| 1933 | 273 | 391 | 54,221 | 1 |
| 1932 | 326 | 352 | 59,268 | 1 |
| 1931 | 343 | 345 | 60,519 | 1 |
| 1930 | 426 | 320 | 62,153 | 1 |
| 1929 | 441 | 314 | 59,807 | 1 |
| 1928 | 434 | 315 | 60,701 | 1 |
| 1927 | 411 | 332 | 61,674 | 1 |
| 1926 | 369 | 347 | 61,130 | 1 |
| 1925 | 350 | 364 | 60,895 | 1 |
| 1924 | 299 | 398 | 60,802 | 1 |
| 1923 | 250 | 424 | 56,111 | 2 |
| 1922 | 237 | 436 | 53,796 | 2 |
| 1921 | 244 | 437 | 52,779 | 2 |
| 1920 | 205 | 474 | 48,679 | 3 |
| 1919 | 184 | 494 | 41,025 | 4 |
| 1918 | 178 | 516 | 40,619 | 4 |
| 1917 | 168 | 512 | 35,220 | 4 |
| 1916 | 122 | 612 | 31,741 | 4 |
| 1915 | 116 | 607 | 28,737 | 4 |
| 1914 | 80 | 647 | 21,188 | 4 |
| 1913 | 72 | 612 | 15,684 | 4 |
| 1912 | 64 | 615 | 12,836 | 4 |
| 1911 | 39 | 698 | 6,526 | 5 |
| 1910 | 29 | 794 | 5,609 | 4 |
| 1909 | 25 | 813 | 4,563 | 5 |
| 1908 | 26 | 755 | 4,219 | 5 |
| 1907 | 22 | 790 | 4,020 | 5 |
| 1906 | 16 | 917 | 3,635 | 5 |
| 1905 | 21 | 797 | 3,410 | 6 |
| 1904 | 13 | 1001 | 3,414 | 5 |
| 1903 | 13 | 969 | 3,044 | 7 |
| 1902 | 21 | 756 | 3,180 | 6 |
| 1901 | 16 | 829 | 2,543 | 7 |
| 1900 | 24 | 742 | 3,821 | 6 |
| 1899 | 18 | 756 | 2,609 | 7 |
| 1898 | 12 | 1009 | 2,932 | 7 |
| 1897 | 18 | 735 | 2,701 | 8 |
| 1896 | 28 | 576 | 2,719 | 8 |
| 1895 | 20 | 703 | 2,635 | 8 |
| 1894 | 21 | 643 | 2,497 | 8 |
| 1893 | 17 | 713 | 2,563 | 8 |
| 1892 | 17 | 706 | 2,710 | 8 |
| 1891 | 9 | 943 | 2,240 | 8 |
| 1890 | 12 | 791 | 2,541 | 8 |
| 1889 | 14 | 687 | 2,513 | 9 |
| 1888 | 19 | 572 | 2,814 | 8 |
| 1887 | 8 | 860 | 2,125 | 10 |
| 1886 | 16 | 556 | 2,443 | 8 |
| 1885 | 11 | 658 | 2,322 | 9 |
| 1884 | 7 | 851 | 2,468 | 10 |
| 1883 | 11 | 579 | 2,334 | 9 |
| 1882 | 12 | 530 | 2,500 | 10 |
| 1881 | 9 | 582 | 2,140 | 11 |
| 1880 | 12 | 492 | 2,415 | 10 |
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Where Robert is most popular
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- District of Columbia2.0×
- Vermont1.9×
- Delaware1.8×
- Wyoming1.8×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls <1% · boys 100% across all years